Produced by the jazz impressario Norman Granz and recorded in Los Angeles on October 16, 1957, The Genius of Coleman Hawkins features the master of the tenor saxophone with a first-rate rhythm section composed of Oscar Peterson on piano, Herb Ellis on guitar, Ray Brown on bass, and Alvin Stoller on drums.
The majority of the 12 tracks that make up this CD are familiar ballads, mostly from the 1920s and 1930s, plus two popular songs from an earlier time (1912 and 1918), … mehrand one original by Hawkins. All of the tunes are relatively short, mostly around three and a half minutes. The longest, Harold Arlen's Ill Wind, comes in at five minutes and 32 seconds. weniger
1. I'll Never Be the Same 3:28 (1932)
2. You're Blase 3:345 (1931)
3. I Wished On the Moon 3:37 (1936)
4. How Long Has This Been Going On 3:53 (1928)
5. Like Someone In Love 3:54 (1944)… mehr
6. my Melancholy Baby 4:07 (1912)
7. Ill Wind 5:32 (1934)
8. In A Mellotone 4:44 (1939)
9. There's No You 3:25 (1944)
10. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise 3:46 (1918)
11. Somebody Loves Me 3:49 (1924)
12. Blues for Rene 3:02 ( Coleman Hawkins - date unknown)
13. "Begin the Beguine" (Cole Porter) – 3:02
14. "I Never Had a Chance" (Irving Berlin) – 2:06
15. "I Never Had a Chance" – 2:00
16. "I Wished on the Moon" – 3:37
17. "Like Someone in Love" – 3:55
18. "Ill Wind" – 5:35
19. "In a Mellow Tone" – 4:46
20. "There's No You" – 3:26
21. "Blues for Rene" – 3:04 weniger